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A Chromebook is only a piece of hardware; all your personal settings, information, and data are stored on the Web. As such, you can log into any Chromebook machine with your Google Account, and it will look and feel just like your own Chromebook. And it’s easy enough for other users to log into your Chromebook, as well, and make it their own.

How easy is it to add new users to a Chromebook? Pretty easy, as you’ll soon discover.

Adding Users to Your Chromebook

When you first started up your Chromebook, you were prompted to enter your Google Account name and password. This account becomes your default user account on your Chromebook. You can, however, add other users to your Chromebook—that is, let other people with Google Accounts use this particular Chromebook.

Add a User

You can let any number of users log onto your Chromebook, as long as they all have Google Accounts.

Chrome displays the Welcome to Your Chromebook window. Close this window to begin using Chrome as normal. The next time you open your Chromebook, this account will be one of the options on the login screen.

>>>Go Further: Using Other Chromebooks

With the Chrome OS, you’re not limited to a single Chromebook. You can also use other people’s Chromebooks, by logging into your Google Account on that machine.

When you log into any Chromebook with your Google Account, that Chromebook displays all the apps and personalization that you’ve made to your own Chromebook. In essence, your Chromebook settings travel from machine to machine; they’re tied to your account in the cloud, not to any particular piece of hardware.